Brief Life History of Ellis Melvin
When Ellis Melvin Parsons was born on 14 February 1908, in Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Daniel Jackson Parsons, was 42 and his mother, Rosa Bell Lisenby, was 30. He married Ruby Alla Ema Etheredge on 18 May 1930, in Globe, Gila, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Coconino, Arizona, United States in 1930 and United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1944. He died on 20 June 1983, in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Clear Creek Cemetery, Camp Verde, Yavapai, Arizona, United States.
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- Ellis Parsons, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ellis Parson, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
- Ellis Melvin Parsons, "Arizona, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1910 · Angel Island Serves Immigrants
Angel Island served as a western entry point for hundreds of thousands of U.S. immigrants, mainly from China, from 1910 to 1940.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for the servant of a parish priest or parson, from the possessive case of Middle English persone, parsoun (see Parson ).
English: many early examples are found with the prepositions (e.g. Ralph del Persones 1323); these are habitational names, with the omission of house, hence in effect occupational names for servants employed at the parson's house.
English: post-medieval variant of Parson , with excrescent -s. Alternatively, Parson may be a shortened form of Parsons.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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